Android Phones

Since April 2011, new emails have touched off moments of pandemonium at Androinica HQ. I have five – count ‘em, five – Android phones linked to the same Gmail account, so hearing them all play notification sounds at the same time drives me crazy. But you know what’s even crazier? I honestly couldn’t tell you which of those five phones is the best.

The great thing about Android is that a new phone comes out every other week. The not-so-great thing about Android is that with each new phone, there’s always that one important flaw that keeps you from getting it. Maybe it’s the lack of a physical keyboard or an outdated version of Android, but something keeps you from pulling the trigger to upgrade.

As I look at the phones that have recently been in my possession – HTC EVO 4G, Motorola Atrix 4G, Samsung Droid Charge and Infuse 4G, and Sony Ericsson Xperia Play – I tried to compose a wishlist for my next device. There are certain must-haves that I will not surrender: the phone must have a great camera, support for whatever brand of 4G that carrier offers, a dual-core processor, an unlocked bootloader, and battery life no worse than I currently experience. I’d prefer if it also has a front-facing camera, a slim build, supports MHL, QWERTY keyboard, and Android 2.3 (Gingerbread), but I’m willing to give up any of those features.

How about you? I’m looking to clear-out some of the Android collectibles that you all seem to love, so I figure that I might as well reach out to the Androinica community and see what phone has you salivating. Below is a video expounding on the difficulties of finding a new phone and explaining how you can win any of the collectibles shown in the video. Watch the video and leave your comment here or on YouTube (brownie puts if you Like the video or subscribe to our channel) and I’ll select random winners to receive a free collectible.

4-4.5" screen, 4G, and while I don't specifically care about it being dual core, I want it to be up there speed-wise with all the latest and greatest phones. There are things I just take for granted like the 8mp camera, flash, sizable internal memory, and Netflix support… I don't usually list these in my requirements, I just expect them and forget it's not a given. And things like the front facing camera, HDMI, and dock capabilities which would be nice but aren't a deal breaker if they're missing.

Hey, hi from Italy !! I started to follow Androinica from few days and i've joined Android world too, but with a Galaxy Next. My dream's phone would be the HTC EVO 4G (but money doesn't grow on trees). Regards!

STOCK. PURE VANILLA ANDROID kick-stand (never thought i would care, but i love it on the thunderbolt, use it a lot more than i realized) Quad core 4G LTE NFC otterbox to have a case ready day the phone drops. Thin, but solid, like weight of htc thunderbolt but with the sleek nexus S or samsung galaxy II depth. All screen, no casing, 4.3" Super AMOLED no buttons. pure touch experience. Front facing Camera 16gb internal storage, with 32+ sd support Battery, 2750mAh – let it last a full day with normal to heavy use. DLNA Full HDMI out – let me play nesoid on my big screen without having to use a bypass Netflix Hulu Plus Emulators Matte Black – no gloss. Tablet support – something like phonepad and atrix. i want the phone to have docking support, i want 3rd party manufacturers to get with program and show some android love with a full array of accessories – speakers etc.

I would like a Pico Projector or a screen that slides out to act as a 2nd screen which uses some sort of energy saving screen technology such as e-ink then you can customise the keyboard layout on it, so it could be used as a game pad, or normal qwerty or t9 etc

An AMOLED / Super AMOLED screen for sure. I don't like SLCD. Plus a really big battery. It should be thin, also run stock Android so I can get updates real quick. No manufacturer UIs please and an unlocked bootloader. The soon-to-be-released qualcomm dual core or Tegra 3 at the least. Front facing camera for videochat. An NFC antenna inside so I can play with all those tags I use with my Nexus S currently. A screen that's exactly 4". That's just the perfect size. That's pretty much it. Oh, and that red collectible looks pretty cool

The "new" Motorola Bionic, with a STOCK Android OS. That's all I need ….. and this ashtray. The Motorola Bionic with a stock Android OS, and the ashtray …. that's all I need ….. and this lamp…… AND THAT'S ALL I NEED !

Specs Networks: up to 4G Bluetooth, FM, NFC Radios, WIFI Dimensions: 4.5in x 2.3in x .7in (should be square' ish with curved corners) Phone should have both flat front and back surface. SuperAMOLED Screen 16GB internal memory, 2GB dedicated for OS, The remain for personal storage. 1 Memory slot to expand memory even further or be able to transport out. Front Facing as well as Back Cameras 5 MP, 2560 x 1920 pixels, LED flash on back Camera Proximity Sensor and Accelerometer Instead of being able to remove the back plate, Id like the phone to be solid like an Iphone, but I would still like access to the batteries and internal slots. So either make slots on the side for external memory and slot for battery where after is it placed the backing blends in with the side panels. Or make it so I can slide out the entire side panel out instead of the backing so I have access to the insides. Borders should be rubber type material and colors can varie on personal taste, mines would be black. The back plating color should be customizeable as well and made of some type of metal that will not interfere with the radios. I would like my back plating to be dark blue. 3 touch buttons should be on the side. and 1 on the top. Top button should be on/off/sleep button like in nexus one The 3 side buttons should not be buttons but more like the tracking balls on a blackberry, able to sense touch. All 3 should be caved in a bit and have different shpes. 2 should be square and are volume up and down. The third should be circle and it should have customizable function based on the app. IE: it can be the camera trigger. The front bottom of the phone should contain the usual suspects (home, menu, search and back) Should have headphone ports at the top and USB at the bottom for charging. The special backing or battery should contain the new wireless charging technology. So I could just place it on a charging mat to charge or a special doc that will charge phone wether I dock it traditionally or in landscape mode. ——————————————————————————————————— Android flavor should obviously be the latest and purest but nothing prior to Gingerbread with the option to root to cyanogen of course. Android in itself is pretty customizeable so I would leave the stock GUI, one could customize it to specific needs. ———————————————————————————————————————————– And just for the heck of it I want a slide out anternna (like an old school motorolla phone) on the upper left tab with an led light under it.

How about an Android device to compete with the Nano touch? A small Android device with a touch screen with maybe the added ability of bluetooth and Wifi. With the ability to stream music from the cloud and add own apps, I think this would be a killer little device. Eventually with home control, you could control things in your house with your "watch". Also with a small speaker and mic, it could become a bluetooth "headset" for your phone.

Currently running a Droid Eris on CM7, but what I'm looking for in my next upgrade: 2.3 at least dual core 4g front facing camera slide out keyboard would be preferred, but willing to let it slide unlocked bootloader Lock button similar to Droid 2 on top of phone

My wish for android is not so much hardware as it is a software wish. I want for ICS to bring a really nice (simple) style to android that all the app makers will use so we know how navigation will work in the app whitout having to struggle whit this. It speaks for itself that this skin must be beutifull (and please, no (or not much) 3D). Also I would like to have a more seamless experience in android. So all my apps are integrated into each other and so practically removes the need of an app drawer. Then I would only need for example a social widgets to get to the part of my phone where I can seamlessly move in between my social apps like sms, Facebook of twitter and compile messages in those apps without having to go to my home screen and select the next widget or app icon. A nice example of what i mean can be found in the wp7 mango update.

I would love for all of the manufacture UIs to be installable via Android Market, so only Android itself was updated meaning we'd all get updated. Also I would love for a "dream" phone to be a dual-core 1GHz with a flip-out keyboard, big screen with a 320dpi screen! Stock Android and everything! Oh and covers!

Networks: up to 4G Bluetooth, FM, NFC Radios, WIFI Dimensions: 4.5in x 2.3in x .7in (should be square' ish with curved corners) Phone should have both flat front and back surface. SuperAMOLED Screen 16GB internal memory, 2GB dedicated for OS, The remain for personal storage. 1 Memory slot to expand memory even further or be able to transport out. Front Facing as well as Back Cameras 5 MP, 2560 x 1920 pixels, LED flash on back Camera Proximity Sensor and Accelerometer Full HDMI out – let me play nesoid on my big screen without having to use a bypass Netflix Hulu Plus Emulators Matte Black – no gloss. Latest os without any company added bloatware just vanilla androd os

here goes: -first my dream was a HTC Hero…liked it since the day it came out, later the HTC Desire caught my eyes and i went to the store and buy it. -For a while was a great but because of the update issues another phone caught my attention, the HTC Desire HD. I realize that bigger is greater for me so i sold my Desire and buy a HTC Desire HD that last it for 4 months. -Well the HTC Sensation was making sensations on the web so i waited and waited until it was available on my carrier. The first day the phone was launched on my carrier, i went down and buy it. -it is a well build device and this one is a kipper.

I want an android that can do the things I think up – with ease. That is to say, I want one that will do the things that take me hours to program tasker to do, but easily. Also, I want an android that will easily update to the latest version of Android without waiting 6 months for my carrier (ahem Telstra) to add their bloatware. Oh, and I want to be able to remove bloatware. oh, and I dont want to have to do things like root my phone to take a screenshot, and void my warranty. and finally, I want an android that doesn't have to 'unmount' the sd card to access it from a computer.

The calendar, google docs, adresses and phones interfaces MUST be redesigned. Google Docs sucks big time. Mixing phone numbers with Facebook contacts is also a mess. My Dream is to see all the interfaces redesigned and a little bit more "apple" approach. Unfortunately, the Android is good in many things but is still with lose ends.

I am currently using HTC Magic, its ok for some one starting with Android…. Galaxy S II is a cool phone, Sleek, stylish, good camera, Android 2.3, SUPER AMOLED Plus screen, Dual core processor…its a cool cool phone..must have it..

My dream android phone has some good screen real-estate somewhere between the dell streak and the captivate, also it needs to be tough because I am a bit clumsy, it will definitely need a physical keyboard much like that on the cliq 2 (in love with that keyboard) and at least an 8mp camera. I would want it to have a dedicated camera button because on screen ones are such a pain in the rear, and good sound quality. I would prefer a tegra 2 1.2ghz quad core device with the latest android 2.3.4 (i think is the latest one) and not have the phone be ruined by a bad manufacturer ui. Finally it should have an unlocked bootloader and come rooted for someone like me who like to dabble in development. That would be my dream android device hands down!

i m using samsung wave 525 but i really very crazy about an android phone and my dream android phone would be sony ericsson xperia mini because i has every that i want i.e. 5 megapixel camera with xenon flash bravia engine gives crisp and sharp image and video quality 1ghz processor (snapdragon) and finally android 2.3.5